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Airport workers in New York, New Jersey to receive minimum of $19 per hour

Airport workers in New York, New Jersey to receive minimum of $19 per hour

It's being called the highest minimum wage in the country. Thousands of airport workers in New York and New Jersey — baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, people at concession stands — will see their hourly pay rise to $19 by 2023.
by Sasha Ingber

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Facebook says 50 million accounts affected by security breach

Facebook says 50 million accounts affected by security breach

The vulnerability that caused the breach was found Tuesday and was fixed on Thursday night, Facebook says. The company is working with the FBI and conducting an investigation, which is "still in its early stages," the company said.

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Farmers in southern Minn. test soil health with buried undies

Farmers in southern Minn. test soil health with buried undies

Burying underwear in a field isn't exactly a scientific test, but farmers have found burying underwear is a fun way to raise awareness around the importance of soil health.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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SEC files suit against Tesla's Elon Musk

SEC files suit against Tesla's Elon Musk

"Musk's false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors," the lawsuit says.
by Vanessa Romo

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Uber pays $148 million over yearlong cover-up of data breach

Uber pays $148 million over yearlong cover-up of data breach

Instead of reporting the hacking intrusion as required, Uber paid the hackers $100,000 after learning of the breach in late 2016.
by Bill Chappell

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Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land

Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land

The City Council signed off Wednesday on a plan to relocate a growing homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue to property nearby owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Many challenges remain.
by Max Nesterak

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Minnesota lawmakers ask for meeting on refinery explosion

Minnesota lawmakers ask for meeting on refinery explosion

A massive explosion and subsequent fires in April at an oil refinery in Superior, Wis., forced a mass evacuation and raised questions about the refinery's use of hydrogen fluoride, a toxic chemical. Now several lawmakers want a public forum on the issue.
by Dan Kraker

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Contaminated beef may have come to Minnesota

Cargill-produced beef linked to an outbreak of E. coli cases may have come to Minnesota, but so far there have been no illnesses reported in the state.
by Bill Catlin

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Taken for a ride: M.D. injured in ATV crash gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

Taken for a ride: M.D. injured in ATV crash gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

After an accident in an all-terrain vehicle crushed a doctor's left arm, he was whisked by air ambulance to the closest trauma center for specialized care. Soon he was fighting over the $56,603 bill.
by Alison Kodjak

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Iron Rangers blast Dayton over Essar Steel deal

Iron Rangers blast Dayton over Essar Steel deal

Mesabi Metallics won the bidding last summer over Cleveland Cliffs to take control of the Essar Steel site. Most Iron Rangers wanted Cliffs. That led to some intense verbal sparring Monday between Rangers and Gov. Mark Dayton.
by Dan Kraker

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